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Newspaper publisher, Trinity Mirror, has announced a 25% increase in its annual profits, despite the continued circulation decline of its flagship publication, the Daily Mirror.In a statement made this morning to the London Stock Exchange, Trinity revealed a 6.6% rise in revenue for 2004, taking the group’s total to £1.1 billion. The company reported that… Continue reading Trinity Reports Profit Increase As Cost Cuts Continue

Condé Nast has just launched its’ latest offering in the women’s monthly magazine market, with a 294 page glossy aimed at giving readers “simple ideas to make life that little bit easier.”Easy Living is a weighty publication, which on first impression seems more catalogue style than user friendly, with the high advert to editorial ratio… Continue reading Easy Living Joins Women’s Monthly Market

Grey Global Group shareholders have approved the sale of the company to Sir Martin Sorrell’s WPP Group, clearing the way for the deal to close on March 7 this year. Grey shareholders are reported to receive $1.7 billion in cash and WPP stock out of the $1.5 billion purchase of the New York based media… Continue reading Date Set For Grey And WPP Deal

Channel 4 unveiled its Spring schedule this morning, revealing new programmes in every genre and continuing its striped scheduling with new shows in every time slot across the week.The broadcaster has also allocated its highest ever programme budget to the Spring line-up, with a predicted £485 million being spent on programming compared to £470 million… Continue reading Channel 4 Bets On Drama For Spring Schedule

Five has secured a major sponsorship deal with Parfums Christian Dior to support the channel’s major new reality series, Make Me a Supermodel.The deal will see Dior Backstage Make Up cover the opening and closing credits and break bumpers on a package of eight hour-long programmes and a live final and will run from 14th… Continue reading Five Signs Model Sponsorship Deal With Dior

Culture secretary Tessa Jowell has unveiled radical plans for change at the BBC, with proposals that the Corporation’s governors be replaced with a new “BBC Trust”, while the licence fee continues to provide funding for another ten years.Announcing her vision in a statement to Parliament, Jowell stated: “Alongside the NHS, the BBC is one of… Continue reading Governors Axed As BBC Charter Renewed For 10 Years

Virgin Radio has launched what it claims is the world’s first 3G radio player, allowing listeners to tune into the station, as well as digital spin off stations, through their handset wherever they are.The venture, undertaken by Virgin in collaboration with software specialist Sydus, operates in much the same way as internet radio, but rather… Continue reading Virgin Offers Digital Radio To Mobiles

Capital FM has dropped long-serving DJ Neil Fox from its schedules in favour of former Blue Peter presenter Richard Bacon, selected to front the station’s daily Drive Time show starting in the spring.Capital claims that Bacon was the “number one choice” to replace ‘Foxy’ in one of the most keenly sought jobs in radio as… Continue reading Capital Drops Fox As Bacon Takes Drive Time

Search targeted marketing firm Overture will rebrand as Yahoo! Search Marketing Solutions later this year, following Yahoo!’s decision to rebrand its American operations from next quarter.The move will bring together Overture’s sponsored search offerings and Yahoo!’s listings products under the new banner. Through Yahoo! Search Marketing Solutions, advertisers of all sizes will have convenient access… Continue reading Yahoo! To Rebrand Overture This Year

Global advertising company, WPP, has agreed to merge it’s current outdoor specialist, Portland Outdoor Limited, with Poster Publicity, creating a £350 million global outdoor media buying and planning business. The deal will see WPP’s Group M transfer its outdoor business and professionals into the new venture, resulting in the emergence of a leading global outdoor… Continue reading WPP Merges Outdoor Division